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Trump, abortion are what went wrong for conservatives

Dan Reinhard, Minot I know that the New Year lies ahead, that there are promises of a better day –yours for the asking. I am not certain about that however. We have been through Midterm elections where conservatives around the country wondered what went wrong –where was the Red Wave? The answers are simple. First of all, Donald Trump lost his bid to continue as President in the 2020 General Election. Do American voters remember when Trump attacked an insignificant TV network couple, Joe and Mika, regarding  their commentary opinions?  He did that as the ...

Opiate overdose awareness needed

Georgia R. Krein, Burlington I work with opiate abuse disorder clients. The number of fatal and non-fatal opiate overdoses in Minot and the surrounding area is phenomenal. There are many organizations working on opiate awareness, yet I feel overdoses are minimized or ignored in the news. I appreciate reading an obituary where the family has identified the lost loved one as having an opiate disorder. This keeps the problem real to those reading the obituary and makes overdose fatalities known. This happens more than anyone can imagine. Recently I visited Rochester Minnesota, and ...

Economy can cause tax relief to go wrong

James Maxson, Minot The next legislative session will be interesting to observe. Thanks to forces of nature beyond our control, North Dakota has been blessed with abundant oil and gas reserves. As a result, over the last decade, a substantial percentage of North Dakota’s tax revenues have been a result of its energy industry. We are being promised tax relief as a result. Who is against tax relief? Isn’t that like being against puppies?        Tax relief unquestionably will be overwhelming popular. What could possibly go wrong? Well, for those of us who are old and gray, ...

Regarding raises for public employees

Rilie Morgan, Horace Mercifully another election season is in the review mirror, and a big thank you goes out to all the people who ran for elected office. Congratulations, also, to those of you who were elected to serve the great state of North Dakota. The time to get to work for the citizens of this state is fast approaching, and there are many issues up for debate and consideration. Property Tax Relief, access to affordable childcare, and Income Tax Reform are just some the things bantered about during the campaign season. But one issue that needs sunlight, and cogent ...

Invest In Minot, invest local 

Todd Berning, President, EPIC Companies, Minot/West Fargo Over the past few years, EPIC Companies has raised capital all over the State of North Dakota for projects mainly being developed on the eastern side of the state, primarily the Fargo metro area.  A significant amount of that capital has been derived from the Minot area.  As we develop new projects such as the Big M Building renovation and the Tracks development (mixed-use and community space), out by the new Trinity Hospital, our goal is to keep Minot area capital in the Minot community and frankly, bring eastern North ...

Dance production was wonderful

Michael and Rachel Axness, Des Lacs We are Rachel & Michael Axness from Des Lacs, ND; we attended Rinat Mouzafarov’s Institute of Dance & Ballet “A very Merry Christmas” production last weekend in Central Campus. What a wonderful experience that was had by all!!! Rinat did a marvelous job with all of the young entertainers in tune with the Christmas season in song and dance!!! All of the young entertainers obviously loved their Gifts of dance and choreography, and wore full warm smiles for all of us to see! The Minot Community is so privileged to have Rinat Mouzafarov here ...